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Long before a cappella swept the country and every college campus sprouted multiple a cappella singing groups, the vocal quintet Rockapella was raising the profile of the engaging performance style. Rockapella formed back in 1986 in New York City by Sean Altman (tenor) and Elliott Kerman (baritone), fellow alumnae from Brown Uninversity who sang together in the college's a cappella group High Jinks. Altman and Kerman were joined by other High Jinks alums, and eventually solidified the group with Scott Leanoard, tenor, and Barry Carl, bass. The group, which had been performing at parties in New York, got a break after singing at a dinner party for Kathie Lee Gifford, who invited them to appear on The Morning Show, which she co-hosted with Regis Philbin. Their performance of Altman's song 'Zombie Jamboree' became part of their standard repertoire as their popularity grew, and they appeared on the television special Spike Lee &ampamp Company, Do It A Cappella. By then Rockapella was invited to write and perform the theme song for the new PBS series Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? in 1991, and to appear on the show as the house band. Still, a recording contract was slow to come, but in 1992 they released their first album, To N.Y.. Rockapella has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity since the late 1990s, and released their album Bang in 2010. Rockapella tickets are a chance to see this true original a cappella force on stage, still in their prime.